Doing the whole dual citizen thing......

[vanee 13]

Shame on me if you want....but I am planning to get my US citizenship for the same reason as JillA. Shame on me for the fact that I believe it's only words, and even if I swear on it, doesn't mean I give a damn... Call it lying, call it acting, call it whatever you want, I will just make it look real, but it's not really bothering me that bad. Canadian I am and always will be.

It is bothering me, but I feel like we're being forced to say meaningless words. We can't have the same rights as other married couples unless we get US citizenship. The US government knows that many citizens have dual citizenship and pretends that it doesn't exist. If they're going to pretend that, we can -- have to -- pretend that we have only one citizenship when talking to the US government. We do that whether or not we mean that controversial line, so to me, that line is part of the pretense.

I will be a good citizen and loyal to the country I'm living in. But as others have said, I'll always be Canadian first. Fortunately, we don't have to worry about the 2 countries ever being at war, so I don't think a division of loyalty will ever be a concern for us.